flying around / looking at

Vincent Teo(a) They are looking at the butterflies in at the farm.
(b) The butterflies are flying in at the butterflies butterfly farm.

I've heard of worm farms, fish farms, and ant farms, but this is the first time I've heard of a butterfly farm. Thanks for the enlightenment. It

Can I say,

"around the farm"?

Yes, that's fine.

Avangi this is the first time I've heard of a butterfly farm.

Avangi, what do you think of a farm? A place to grow crops or raise livestock for consumption?
Is that the reason butterfly farm sounds weird to you? If the purpose is entertainment, what do you call it? A butterfly park?

Can I say,

They are visiting butterflies in the butterfly farm.

I think you'd visit butterflies at the butterfly petting zoo.

New2, I always thought "ant farm" was sort of "tongue-in-cheek," but they've been around since I was a child.

I think they raise worms for bait in worm farms, but I'm not sure. I recall a few years back a rumor was started that McDonald's used earthworms to fortify their hamburgers. It was a rediculous idea, because

Hi,

Maybe "butterly farm" is a British thing...

http://www.butterflyfarm.co.uk/attraction/index.php

Buckfast Butterfly Farm and Otter Sanctuary

Hi Tanit, I think that's great! I'd like to visit one. How do they keep them from flying the coup?

- A.

It's a tourist attraction.

Basically a very big greenhouse full of plants and butterflies. The butterflies can't get out. It's a building rather than a 'farm', although they are called butterfly farms. It's unusual to have just the butterfly farm and nothing else; they usually form one attraction at a place with other things going on.

A butterfly farm (think building) is differe

Thanks, Nona.

BTW, is your name "Iona"? My cousin goes by Nona, and was named after my maternal grandmother, from Nova Scotia.

Best wishes, - A.